Sectioning scheme applied to two or four foot cross tee members associated with a ceiling grid system and for resizing both the cross tee and associated ceiling tile for installation at a border cut location between a main tee and parallel extending wall angle

Abstract

A cross tee incorporating a measurement scheme for reduce sizing both the cross tee and ceiling tile to fit within a border less than an original length of the cross tee and which spans between a main tee and a parallel extending and wall supported wall angle. The cross tee body exhibiting a tile support and web in cross section and terminating in first and second connector clips. A first marking scheme is applied to the body and includes a first center point designation, with at least one additional 6″ off center designation outwardly and towards each of the connector clip ends. A second marking scheme is applied to the body in complementing fashion to the first marking and identifies 1″ incrementing distances from the center point designation, a furthest-most designation being spaced a remaining distance from the center point of an approximately located connector clip.

1 . A cross tee incorporating a measurement scheme for reduce sizing the cross tee as well as resizing an associated ceiling tile to fit within a border dimension which is less than an original overall length of the cross tee and which spans between a main tee and a parallel extending and wall supported wall angle, said cross tee comprising:
 a body exhibiting an overall length with first and second opposite lip supporting edges, a cross section of said body exhibiting a tile support and a web extending in substantially perpendicular fashion from a midpoint of the support;   first and second connector clips extending from first and second edges of said body, each of said connector clips exhibiting a center line when engaged with the main tee;   a first marking scheme applied to said body and including a first center point designation, at least one additional designation being spaced at 6″ outwardly from said center point designation and towards each of said first and second connector clip ends; and   a second marking scheme applied to said body in complementing fashion to said first marking scheme and identifying 1″ incrementing distances from said first center point designation, a furthest-most designation being spaced an incremental distance from said center point of an approximately located connector clip;   said body being rotated so that said tile support contacts a projecting edge of the wall angle and prevents the connector clip from misaligning contact, said body overlapping an underside of the main tee, in perpendicular fashion, said body being cut at a location aligning with a furthest edge of the crosswise extending main tee, said scheme providing a width dimension for the ceiling tile.   
   
   
       2 . The cross tee as described in  claim 1 , said body exhibiting an overall length of 4′ such that said first marking scheme further comprises 6″, 12″ and 18″ designations marked along each outwardly extending side of said body, as measured from its center point. 
   
   
       3 . The cross tee as described in  claim 2 , said body further comprising hanger wire location holes provided offset from selected locations associated with said first marking scheme. 
   
   
       4 . The cross tee as described in  claim 1 , the cross tee exhibiting a specified shape and size, an outermost one of said second markings measuring ½″-1″ from said centerline location associated with said associated connector clip. 
   
   
       5 . The cross tee as described in  claim 1 , said body having a specified shape and size and with a rated distance of forty eight (48″) inches. 
   
   
       6 . The cross tee as described in  claim 1 , said body having a specified shape and size and with a rated distance of twenty four (24″) inches.